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New Group Charter 16 #admin

Hi All, This is the new charter for the main beta group. This message outlines how I've changed the set up and would like to run the group going forward. This group now requires topics to be tagged wi

Hi All, This is the new charter for the main beta group. This message outlines how I've changed the set up and would like to run the group going forward. This group now requires topics to be tagged with a hashtag. These are the currently available hashtags for users: #bug #meta #misc #suggestion You can see their descriptions by going to the Hashtags page. There are additional hashtags, but they are set for moderator use only. If you want to post something and are not sure which hashtag to use or there isn't an appropriate hashtag, use #misc, and I will fix it. But please try to use the existing hashtags whenever possible, as I will be limiting the total number of hashtags. #meta is the tag to use when making suggestions about this group. During cleanup, I combined some of old hashtags into the new hashtags, but mostly I deleted them as they didn't directly fit into the new scheme. This group is now set so that all new topics are moderated. Therefore, expect a delay before your post shows up if it creates a new topic. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Mark

By Mark Fletcher ·

Searching on replies 37 #suggestion

I know that the hashtag is in the Topic heading, and the heading is what binds the topic with all its replies. In order to search on related Replies, I am suggesting a new search field on the Reply fo

By Linda Kilcrease ·

Bait and switch, or just a bug? 6 #bug #misc

The pricing page clearly says that a free, basic account comes with 1TB of storage, but my group's free site has no access to any sort of storage. There's no links for files or pix. What gives?

By Dave Colter WA1ZCN ·

i/o timeout on port 25? 16 #bug

One of my mailing lists — and only one! — is suddenly having trouble sending mail. The error message it's complaining about looks like this: Message [MontanaES] Finnegan - degenerative myelopathy Atte

By Rob McMillin ·

Having some Topics private in a public io group 2 #suggestion

In a public group, can a topic be made private to members only? Any consideration for doing so?

By Linda Kilcrease ·

Chat activity not in the Activity log #bug

I have no use for Chats (speaking specifically about the "Chats" feature in Groups.io), but I suppose they might be helpful in some groups. However, it appears that all activity related to Chats is ex

By Andy ·

Sent message remains in Drafts #bug

I am entering a new bug report for what I said in 32698. On rare occasions, a message sent from the web interface is both sent, and left in Drafts. I have seen this happen at least twice. Andy

By Andy ·

Quoted subject line in messages to Moderators 2 #misc

From time to time, a member accidentally(?) marks a message as Spam, and gets booted out of the group by Groups.io. The email notification sent to Moderators explains why. If it was a regular group me

By Andy ·

Setting to enable one member to mute or unfollow another member 20 #suggestion

The feature to mute/unfollow another member has been suggested in 2015, 2016 and again in 2020. It was added in 2015 to the To Do List and has come up again in a June 2022 GMF group post. To me, this

By Sandi D ·

Special notices contain plain-text footer "links" #bug

I think this behavior is unintentional, so I'm calling it a bug. The normal HTML footer links do not appear in outgoing special notices. However, the plain-text footer "links" are still present (as em

By Bruce Bowman ·

Return to Members page gives "form resubmission" warning 5 #bug

Mark -- If I click open a member record and subsequently click my browser's "back" button to return to the list, I'm getting a "confirm form resubmission" warning. It doesn't happen if I return to the

By Bruce Bowman ·

Site updates 4 #changelog

Changes to the site this week: June 23, 2022: NEW: If a member has a moderator note, display an icon in the /members page. BUGFIX: Clicking the Edit button on the Pending Messages page with a pending

By Mark Fletcher ·

RSVP action to email selected responders #suggestion

Hi Mark, currently, from an RSVP event action button, you can email all responders, all attending etc. At times, there are needs to email just selected responders. Can we get an extra option to do thi

By Andy Wedge ·

Use calendar colour codes on Upcoming Events message 3 #suggestion

Hi Mark, the calendar provides the option to apply colour codes to different events and we use those to indicates different event types. These show up nicely on the different calendar views such as Mo

By Andy Wedge ·

Display of pending message not formatted after being edited 4 #bug

Hi Mark, If a Mod edits a pending message and leaves it in pending state and then another Mod tries to further edit the message, the initial display is a string with all the HTML tags visible rather t

By Andy Wedge ·

Member subscription colors 30 #update

Hi All, You can now assign colors to member subscriptions. In the Members page, there's a new 'Set Color' Action option, and on individual member pages, you can also set an individual member's subscri

By Mark Fletcher ·

Moderator actions done by non-moderators? 16 #misc

(I wrote this as a #bug but I'm changing it to #misc, based on my suspicions.) I was looking over Activity Log entries, and am puzzled by something. The Activity log drop-down filter choice "Moderator

By Andy ·

Topics with no messages 11 #bug

Mark -- I have three topics in my group ias-indy that have no messages in them. All three have subject lines of "temp" or "temp2." They appear to have arisen as a result of split-and-merge activity. E

By Bruce Bowman ·

Multiple emails, one account? 22 #suggestion

On Fri, 17 Jun 2022 19:01:38 +0100, Duane <txpigeon@...> wrote: On Fri, Jun 17, 2022 at 12:37 PM, ro-esp wrote: I have my doubts about whether we should want it to be like this. Sometimes people WANT

By Malcolm Austen ·

Incorrectly getting maintenance message when uploading videos #bug

I got this: When trying to upload two videos (a 177 MB .m4v and a 14MB .mov) over the last half hour or so to a subgroup. The reload button in Chrome goes to X (meaning in progress) and then I got thi

By Glenn Glazer ·

Special Notices not marked as such online 35 #suggestion

I did some tests with Special Notices, and was struck by the fact that they are not marked (online) as Special Notices. When received in email messages, they are marked with "[Special]" in the Subject

By Andy ·

Retooling Split/Merge #suggestion

Using Split and Merge to untangle a Topic that has exploded into several different directions is a bit tedious and error prone. Please consider displaying the Messages in a Topic with check boxes and

By Tom Piwowar ·

#suggestion for a "Send Immediately" option on the Hashtags page 21 #suggestion

This is a suggestion to add an option on the group's Hashtags page, to be shown only to those who are receiving the Full-Featured Digest or the Daily Summary. When such a member clicks on Follow/Notif

By Alan Heubert ·

Extra member data 12 #suggestion

Hi All, For the past few weeks, I've been working on the ability to associate additional information with each member, and I need some help. With this new feature, which will be for premium groups, in

By Mark Fletcher ·

Site updates 2 #changelog

Changes to the site this week: June 17, 2022: CHANGE: Include row number in database row change notifications. Discussion CHANGE: Do not check the Send Notice To Group checkbox by default for deleting

By Mark Fletcher ·

#bug Database change reports do not contain the Row number of the change 5 #bug

I reported this as a #notification a couple of weeks ago in GMF. It hot complete overwhelmed with comments that did not address the problem; it did not get resolved. I believe there was a response fro

By Dan Tucker ·

Deleting Calendar Event - "Send Notice to Group" checkbox is checked by default 3 #bug

I am reporting this as a #bug, because it is contrary to the action as described in the Groups.io Help Members Manual. According to the Members Manual, when deleting a calendar event "If you want to n

By Dotty Bell ·

"Moderator changed moderator permissions" but they are not Moderator permissions 3 #suggestion

The Activity log has entries for Moderators changing other members' "moderator permissions". The Activity log's drop-down menu calls them "Moderator changed moderator permissions". I find this disturb

By Andy ·

Reply via email to topic with hashtag set to "reply only to sender" lacks"Private:" in message title 59 #bug

When a topic has a hashtag set to "Reply only to sender," a reply sent via the web correctly has the word "Private:" added to the message title as a prefix. But when the reply is via email, the system

By J_Catlady ·

Display Width in a Database Column 3 #suggestion

Mark -- The Display Width of a database column is defined in terms of pixels. When editing table properties, it would be helpful if the text immediately below the entry field said that. Folks almost i

By Bruce Bowman ·

images in event on a public calendar do not show up for non-members 6 #misc

(I'm not sure whether to make this a bug or a suggestion. I'm leaning toward bug.) My group calendar is public, and I have created an event whose description field contains an in-line image. The image

By Pete Cook ·

"Group Moderator' messages going into Promotions folders 9 #misc

I'm not sure about whether this is now occurring more frequently than before the change, but owner messages from "Group Moderator" have been going into members' "promotions" folders in gmail and they'

By J_Catlady ·

Site updates 2 #changelog

Changes to the site this week: June 10, 2022: INTERNAL: Reorganized and restructured the web server code and templates to increase the speed of compilation and testing as well as to make future develo

By Mark Fletcher ·

Masking discrepancy 5 #bug

I'm not sure if it's always been this way, but I just noticed it. On some messages, when a group has selected to Mask Email Addresses, they're not being masked to members (nor to non-members). From wh

By Duane ·

Collect replies (Re:) from other languages in the same topic thread 3 #suggestion

I'm in a group that has members from other countries. And their email programs reply to a post with their country's usual reply indicator. But Groups treats these replies as a new topic, so a topic ge

By Ken Landaiche ·

Misleading log entry: “added photo album” 7 #suggestion

When someone adds a photo to an already existing photo album, the log entry reads “added photo album [album name] : photo [photo name].”It should say either “added to photo album [album name]” (needs

By J_Catlady ·

The word "owner" (prefix to photo album name) should say "album owner" 8 #suggestion

Our group members upload albums with photos of their cats. But groups.io uses the word "owner" without qualification (i.e., not "album owner") for the album name. Although that word is followed by the

By J_Catlady ·

Member-generated photo-album notification doesn't include link #misc

I haven't kept up here with the ins and outs of photo albums, so maybe this has already been addressed: Recently, for the first time in my memory of my group, someone uploaded a photo album and was ab

By J_Catlady ·

Distinguish between "changed group display name" and "changed account display name" in log #suggestion

We have a group guideline against changing the Display Name from what it's set to at group admission (person's name, cat name and gender, geographical location). Often, I find that it has been changed

By J_Catlady ·

Site updates 2 #changelog

Changes to the site this week: June 2, 2022: CHANGE: Changed the database table search index to allow for partial word matches. Discussion CHANGE: Changing the color of a subscription to a group will

By Mark Fletcher ·

Photo album improvements 3 #suggestion

There are many thing to like about GIO's photo tools, including the rotation tool. Many images in the group I help manage arrive as mail attachments. Moving them to albums is convoluted; download, the

By David ·

Members not shown waitlisted people on RSVP event #misc

Hi Mark, I'm raising this initially as #misc as I'm not sure if there's a reason behind the behaviour I am seeing. A 'member' viewing RSVP responses to a calendar event is shown those that are 'Attend

By Andy Wedge ·

Member list search errors and inconsistencies 13 #bug

Hi Mark, I've noticed that when I search the member list for my group (I am the owner) I get incorrect details returned and the implied use of the * wildcard is inconsistent between different searches

By Andy Wedge ·

Group data export email not being received 2 #bug

Hi Mark, I've requested an export of the activity logs for my main and all subgroups on a couple of occasions this evening but have not received an email with the download link. I'm getting everything

By Andy Wedge ·

"Reply to Sender" Anomaly 14 #bug

I have been providing some assistance to the Moderator of another Group (of which I am a member) following the decision to find a means of stopping a degree of misuse by some members. The Group is one

By Chris Jones ·

Place based collections 4 #suggestion

We're exploring whether groups.io could be used to host many different local conversations. It would be great if someone could register for the top level - say 'Our Plymouth' and then easily connect i

By Matt Bell ·

Signature placement driving me crazy again - redux 79 #suggestion #misc

I griped about this years ago, and probably more than once, and then finally gave up. Now it is driving me and some of my group members crazy again: Why can't the signature be treated as part of the m

By J_Catlady ·

Group Guidelines #guidelines-notice

The beta group welcomes your participation. When you post messages to the group, please observe these guidelines: Hashtags are required for new topics. Members of this group can apply these hashtags:

By Group Notification ·

Deleted Row moderator notifications not working 4 #bug

Hi Mark, one of the Mods on one of my subgroups added and deleted rows from a table earlier today. I received an email notification (via the combiner) but it only contained the Added Row entries. The

By Andy Wedge ·

Messages via email integration not shown on the Activity Log 2 #bug

Hi Mark, On a current GMF topic about allowing posts from non-members, Shal suggested using an email integration (#41275) so I tried this on my test subgroup. If the integration has the Moderated attr

By Andy Wedge ·